Samuel Brace with the five best TV shows of 2016… 2016 has been an odd year for television. Netflix has continued its ascension, the golden age has dissipated, and all the trends of 2015 have repeated and progressed. But there is still no doubt TV has figured things out while film simply has not. TV […]
Brett Gelman joins the cast of Stranger Things season 2
Variety is reporting that comedian Brett Gelman (Brett Gelman’s Dinner in America) has signed on to the cast of Stranger Things season two, where he’ll play Murray Bauman, described as “a disgraced journalist-turned-conspiracy theorist who is investigating a cold case in the small Indiana town.” Gelman becomes the latest addition to the cast of the […]
Stranger Things gets a LEGO makeover
YouTube channel Bookshelf Productions has helped to ease the wait until our return to Hawkins, Indiana for the second season of Stranger Things by painstakingly recreating a host of scenes from Netflix’s supernatural drama in LEGO form; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Shawn Levy talks Stranger Things season 2 The second season of Stranger […]
Shawn Levy talks Stranger Things season 2
With production on Stranger Things season two now underway, director Shawn Levy has been chatting to Collider about Netflix’s hit supernatural series, and what we can expect when we return to Hawkins, Indiana for the second season next year. “We are filming in Atlanta again,” said Levy. “I feel like that’s how the Millie Brown […]
Sean Astin, Paul Reiser and Linnea Berthelsen join Stranger Things season 2
A few days ago Netflix released a cast photo for the second season of Stranger Things featuring returning stars Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer and Joe Keery alongside new additions Sadie Sink and Dacre Montgomery, and now we have word on three more newcomers to the cast. EW […]
Stranger Things adds two new cast members for season 2
Netflix’s hit supernatural series Stranger Things has added two new cast members for its second season, with EW reporting that Dacre Montgomery (Power Rangers) and Sadie Sink (American Odyssey) have signed on for major roles. Sink is set to play Max, “a tough and confident girl whose appearance, behavior and pursuits seem more typical of boys […]
Are we drowning in nostalgia?
Anghus Houvouras on whether we’re drowning in nostalgia… Yes. We absolutely are. There’s the short version for anyone who doesn’t feel like putting any additional thought into the subject. I’m nothing if not considerate. We are currently adrift in a sea of the familiar. Living in an era of entertainment avarice where our fondest wishes […]
The Decline Of British TV
This week, Neil Calloway looks at the state of TV coming from the UK at the moment… This week, Jane Lush, the new head of BAFTA, accused British TV companies of losing their nerve and subjecting viewers to a tsunami of nostalgia. Quite a brave move from someone whose job it is to promote British […]
Details on the new characters for Stranger Things season 2
Earlier in the week Netflix announced that it has renewed the hit supernatural drama Stranger Things, while creators The Duffer Brothers also offered up a few details on when we can expect when we return to the town of Hawkins, Indiana for the second season. The new season is set to introduce three major new […]
The Duffer Brothers talk Stranger Things season 2
Yesterday Netflix announced that it has officially renewed Stranger Things for a second season, and creators Ross and Matt Duffer – a.k.a. the Duffer Brothers – have been chatting to Entertainment Weekly, offering up a few details about what we can expect when we return to Hawkins, Indiana next year. “I don’t think we ever thought anthology,” […]
